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From: Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>
To: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>,
	Allen Martin <AMartin@nvidia.com>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, prakash@punnoor.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sata_nv ADMA/NCQ support for nForce4
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:37:57 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45345015.2010601@rtr.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45344F4D.6070703@shaw.ca>

Robert Hancock wrote:
> 
> +/* ADMA Physical Region Descriptor - one SG segment */
> +struct nv_adma_prd {
> +	__le64			addr;
> +	__le32			len;
> +	u8			flags;
> +	u8			packet_len;
> +	__le16			reserved;
> +};
..
> +/* ADMA Command Parameter Block
> +   The first 5 SG segments are stored inside the Command Parameter Block itself.
> +   If there are more than 5 segments the remainder are stored in a separate
> +   memory area indicated by next_aprd. */
> +struct nv_adma_cpb {
> +	u8			resp_flags;    //0
> +	u8			reserved1;     //1
> +	u8			ctl_flags;     //2
> +	// len is length of taskfile in 64 bit words
> + 	u8			len;           //3 
> +	u8			tag;           //4
> +	u8			next_cpb_idx;  //5
> +	__le16			reserved2;     //6-7
> +	__le16			tf[12];        //8-31
> +	struct nv_adma_prd	aprd[5];       //32-111
> +	__le64			next_aprd;     //112-119
> +	__le64			reserved3;     //120-127
> +};


Are those CPB / PRD structs endian-safe when using a big-endian CPU?

Cheers

  reply	other threads:[~2006-10-17  3:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-10-07  8:08 [RFC PATCH] nForce4 ADMA with NCQ: It's aliiiive Robert Hancock
2006-10-07  9:42 ` Prakash Punnoor
2006-10-07 15:54   ` Robert Hancock
2006-10-10  6:44     ` Allen Martin
2006-10-10  7:52       ` Prakash Punnoor
2006-11-30 16:46       ` Prakash Punnoor
2006-12-01  0:07         ` Robert Hancock
2006-10-07 15:28 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-10-07 23:49   ` Robert Hancock
2006-10-10  6:52   ` Allen Martin
2006-10-11  5:07     ` Robert Hancock
2006-10-11 10:30       ` Jens Axboe
2006-10-13  3:17         ` Robert Hancock
2006-10-13  8:04           ` Jens Axboe
2006-10-17  3:34             ` [PATCH] sata_nv ADMA/NCQ support for nForce4 Robert Hancock
2006-10-17  3:37               ` Mark Lord [this message]
2006-10-17  4:24                 ` Robert Hancock
2006-10-17 16:22                   ` Mark Lord
2006-10-17 17:58                     ` Roland Dreier
2006-10-17 20:54                       ` Mark Lord
2006-10-16 16:17           ` [RFC PATCH] nForce4 ADMA with NCQ: It's aliiiive Mark Lord
2006-10-16 23:40             ` Robert Hancock
2006-10-17  0:04               ` Mark Lord

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